Wednesday 30 October 2013 13.01 EDT
First published on Wednesday 30 October 2013 13.01 EDT

Tottenham hope to build a new 56,000 seater stadium and residential properties adjacent to their current stadium, White Hart Lane, and believe it will spur 'major sport-led regeneration' for the areaPhotograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

The new site lies between Paxton Road, Worcester Avenue, Northumberland Park and Tottenham High Road. It is largely empty, with Spurs having bought and demolished many of the properties in the area. Spurs chairman Daviel Levy had originally hoped to move the club to the Olympic Stadium, but was foiled by West Ham. Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

Levy says it will cost £400m to build a new stadium in Tottenham. When negotiating with Haringey council about such plans, Levy insisted major regeneration of the area would be necessary to make it a viable option for the club. In order to lure them, Haringey agreed to release Spurs from a £16 million commitment to local infrastructre as well as the requirement to provide 50% affordable housing within their proposalPhotograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

Their existing ground, seen in the background, has a capacity of just 36,000, which Levy feels is strangling the club. Spurs earned £100m less in 2011-12 than rivals Arsenal did (£245m) at their 60,000 seater home, Emirates stadium. Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

Spurs transfered ownership of the Sainsbury's site to TH Property in the Bahamas on March 27, 2013. A Spurs spokesperson said the transfer was not done to avoid paying UK tax on any profit made when the property is sold.Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

The council masterplan proposes wholesale flattening of the area between the stadium and the White Hart Lane train station. The Love Lane housing estate would be demolished and would become a walkway lined with shopsPhotograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

Spurs stand to profit from the wider regenration of the area, which suffered heavily during the riots of 2011. The club has bought up a considerable amount of property in the surrounding areaPhotograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

Many local business owners such as Brian Dossett, who runs DW General Wood Machinists from a large factory on Tottenham High Road, are angry that their properties have been targetted for demolition as part of the sweeping plans to overhaul the area. Dossett says the idea of the council and Spurs taking his land feels like 'theft'Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

Lia-Clera, who owns Urban Tattoo on White Hart Lane and lives above it, is a Spurs fan but she says local businesses have no desire to leave the area. Like fellow business owners in the Carberry Enterprise Park and Peacock Industrial Estate, she is fighting to prevent compulsary purchase.Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

Sam Oliveri, who has run a garage at the Peacock industrial estate for over 40 years, says: 'We have been in Tottenham all these years, we haven't planned to go anywhere else. We worked hard, made sacrifices, and now the council wants to take my business. It seems they want to give me peanuts so that somebody can make a fortune building flats on it.'Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian